CVE-2015-0253 Information

Description

The read_request_line function in server/protocol.c in the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.12 does not initialize the protocol structure member which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash) by sending a request that lacks a method to an installation that enables the INCLUDES filter and has an ErrorDocument 400 directive specifying a local URI.

Reference

http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00004.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1666.html http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75964 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032967 https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57531 https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/6a974059190b8a0c7e499f4ab12fe108127099cb https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/be0f5335e3e73eb63253b050fdc23f252f5c8ae3 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234@3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org3E https://support.apple.com/HT205219 https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031